This is the most poorly-designed part of Chicago

Most of Chicago is pretty well-designed. There are some exceptions, one of which is Roosevelt Park.
So, I made a video to complain about it.

[@johndeere3486]

The lack of obvious access is a feature, not a bug for the gatekeeping gentrifies in the neighborhood. Expect the luxury condo owners to do the same around the “public park” near the old Spire city. Oh and did you know there used to be a gorgeous public park behind the Aon building just north of millennium park, No? That’s by design. Just go try and use a “public” beach in any suburb north of Evanston. Unless you have a series of”public” stickers and passes that all cost fees and purchase from city hall in the Spring, you will not be able to.

[@bekabest]

I live in Dearborn park and your criticism is valid. This area is basically unusable for vehicular traffic and as a through route, which I like as a pedestrian. Chicago’s grid system had a nasty side effect of inviting more car traffic to residential neighborhoods. Cars driving through these neighborhoods tend to speed and roll through stop signs and traffic lights, endangering pedestrians. Dearborn Park has only one car entrance and multiple modal filters to exclude car access. Residents of Dearborn Park townhomes can actually access Clark St through several locked doors with a key. This makes Dearborn Park a sort of gated community in the city, but with no actual gates actually present.

[@LoveToday8]

Yeah, our grid system doesn't have to allow for through traffic. If I had it my way, there would be a traffic diverter every time a side street meets an arterial. I encounter so many impatient drivers on side streets who should be on arterials so that they're not menacing cyclists and pedestrians.

[@king_br0k]

Funnily enough, I took a bus past there today

[@quamoo]

There's a walkway entrance to that area on the south west corner of State and Roosevelt

[@MITdork]

It was one of the first planned areas to drive middle class citizens to live in downtown Chicago.. the area had extreme crime therefore its entrances & exits had to be obfuscated.

[@bepid5226]

I always disliked biking down Roosevelt from uic

[@MITdork]

I love this park and area.. (i dormed at Plymouth court in 2005) we used to smoke weed in it.